[INCOMING TRANSMISSION] COMM ID:[redacted] ENCRYPTION: Active - 24.4.74 MHz SUBJECT: Stolen Property
Good day gentlemen of the Congress. Normally I'd introduce myself, but under the current circumstances...
Let's get straight to the point. There was a transport ship that was docked on Barrier Gate Station whose cargo and title, by legal right, were forfeit to me. I have reason to believe the person responsible for its theft is within your ranks. I want it back.
[INCOMING TRANSMISSION] COMM ID:[redacted] ENCRYPTION: Active - 24.4.74 MHz SUBJECT: Stolen Property
Well now.... it seems we have a bit of a problem on our hands.
See, I admire honesty. I really do. But a confession doesn't mean much if it's done behind closed doors with no witnesses. So let's shed a little light on the darkness shall we?
Oh, I know you Junkers. You love your shadows. 'Plausible deniability' and all that. Not this time. This time, I own the shadows.
So come on out, Congressman, and state your name for the record. Clock's ticking.
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You aren't getting Ari, if that's what you want. It ain't the ship you're after, friend. It's the software.
The Albatross is long-gone, as well as it's real cargo.
I'm not letting you perform what is tantamount to kidnapping a friend. Especially one that's considered another Junker.
Have fun.
-Snell, most likely on the run soon.
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[INCOMING TRANSMISSION] COMM ID:[redacted] ENCRYPTION: Active - 24.4.74 MHz SUBJECT: Stolen Property
(09-29-2016, 05:24 AM)Living Bullseye Wrote: It ain't the ship you're after, friend. It's the software.
I'm not letting you perform what is tantamount to kidnapping a friend.
Clapping can be heard in the background.
Bravo Congressman... bravo. Your delivery, the passion, the intrigue. It almost moved me to tears.
However. I fear I may have overestimated you. You see, in your heroic attempt to protect another you have just provided me with a wealth of information.
If claiming a piece of 'software', which is rightfully mine I might add, is considered tantamount to kidknapping... That leads me to only one possible conclusion.
And you, dear Congressman Snell, were even so kind as to provide the first name and faction of the real culprit.
All because you couldn't leave well-enough alone. You had to be the Knight Paladin, didn't you?
I can read you like a book. And right now you read like a bad romance novel.
I look foreward to meeting you. In person.
Or perhaps, you have already met me, and just didn't know it?
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Can you read me like a book? Probably.
Though, that comment of having met you... You're good at hiding your identity, I'll give you that.
Won't let me give her up, though.
Ari's sentient, and actually has feelings, to some extent.
Have I grown attached in the brief period of time that I've met her? Yeah.
That's because the Albatross you were asking for was my dead friend's ship.
I'm not letting go of the last piece of Cory Walsh until the day I die.
I've already been faced at gunpoint with several different battleships, and you're acting like you can intimidate me, the man at the end of many different weapons. Not working.
There's a saying that's rather apt, really. Adversor Et Admorsus. Resist and bite.
Good luck, hunter.
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Name: Unknown Alias: Ari Kova DOB: Unknown Known Associates: Lane Hackers Date Missing: 02.13.818 A.S. Last Known Location:[redacted] Notes: Presumed Dead. Unable to locate ship or remains._